Improved cider-mhiz



waited tttr parte ema.

FRANCIS Hoverv AND GEORGE r." HovEY, or` Nizwvomr,- N; Y.

Leners Patent No. 90,843, dated .ame 1, 1869.

A IMPRQVED (EIDER-:MILL AND PRESS.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To .alpl whom. it lnul/y concern.-

Beit known that we, FRANcIs HovnY and GEORGE F. HovEY, of the city, county, and State ofNeW York, have invented a new and useful Combined Cider-Mill and Press; and We do hereby declare that the follow-` ing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention consists in the arrangement, upon the screw, of a protecting-sleeve, secured` to the frame of the mill, whereby the said Yscrew is protected against injurious contact with the bruised apples, or the juice thereof also, in the construction of the cutting-blades of the mill with one or more projecting m'bs'or corfu.- gatons upon their flatl surfaces, whereby the apples are mashed, or partially ground between the xed and moving blades, after being cut by the edges of the same. v Referring to the accompanying drawings- Fgures l and v2 represent sectional elevations, at right angles to each other, of a combinedv cider-mill and press constructed according to our invention, and

Figure 3 represents a transverse section of one of the cutting-blades thereof.

Figure 4 represents a top view of one of the cuttin blades detached, and on an enlarged scale.

s Similar letters of `reference indicate corresponding parts inthe several figures.

A is the screw Vof a cider-press, passing through. a central opening in the centre shaft, B, of a mill, D, and fitted into a female-threaded opening in the fra-me E, so that the mill or the press may bensed in the performance of their individualfunctions separately, or in connection, without detriment to each other.

The screw Ais provided with a longitudinal groove,

a, for reception of a feather, c, projecting from the inner surface of a sleeve or collar, G.

This sleeve or collar C is arranged upon the upper portion of the screw A, or that portion thereof which is above the shaft B, and is susceptible of a longitudinal sliding movement upon the screw, without turn-y ing thereon, by means of the feather c fitting Within the groove a. .Y L

Upon the lower extremity of this sleeve or collar C are provided one or more locking-projections, e, which, when the said collar Gis brought downward upon the upper end of the central shaft B, lock with suitable notches or cavities provided therein, so that, when the shaft is rotated, the said locking-engagement of the parts, as above described, will cause the rotation of the collar C, together with the screw A.

The passing of the threads of the screwthrough the threaded opening in the frame causes the rising or lowering of the screw, while -the sliding of thefeather c within the groove a provides a means for the npwardror downward passage of the screw through the bottom of.tl 1e hopper D, and which passes up-' wardly within the centre shaft B, and encases the screw A, so as thereby to prevent the juice of the apples from coming in contact therewith.

Said stationary sleeve f may be cast upon the frame, and have a thread cut therein, so vas to constitute a part of the threaded opening or bearing through which the screw A is passed.

' The cutting-blades d of the mill are constructed with one or more projecting ribs or corrugations, fi. i,

running lengthwise or otherwise upon their flat sur f faces, for the purpose of mashing or grinding the apples between the xed blades of the hopper D and the moving'blades `of the shaft B, after the cutting asunder of said apples by the edges of said blades. m 'mK are pressing-blades, extending radially and horizontally from the upper part of the mill-shaft B, and

VArevolving within the upper part of the hopper D.

Said pressing-blades are so curved laterally, in au upward and forward direction, as, when revolving, o

vpress down the uppermost apples in the hopper, for

the purpose of preventing their falling over the sides of the mill.

o o are vertical openings made in the sides of the hopper D, near its bottom, and through which the apples are discharged after they have been ground. These openings o o are arranged immediately forward of the fixed knives d of the hopper,'where resistance to the onward movement of the ground apples is greatest, and, consequently, where the lateral escape and ejectment thereof will be more easily effected.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to have secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The stationary sleeve f, attached to the bottom of the hopper, projecting withinthe shaft B, and surrounding the screw A, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The cutting-bladesd, having one or more ribs or corrugations upon their dat surfaces or sides, whereby the apples are mashed after they are cut, substantially as specified.

FRANCIS HOVEY. GEORGE F. HOVEY.

Witnesses:

T. J. WRITING, WM. H. RLBLET. 

